St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-12
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Local News Summary.
TOM GOULD. OF NEW YORK.
A Notorious Gothamite to Locate
in st. Paul.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, June lit is reported
tonight that Thomas Gould, an eminent
citizen of this place. who considers him
self martyr to the moral reform now
sweeping out the dives, has started fer
st. Paul, where, in partnership with
resident of that city, he intends to open
a variety show. He was recently put
through the judicial mill and ground
pretty fine For years he conducted the
Sans Souci, notorious for the bad char
acter OF its male and female habitues.
1t was typical dive where women OF
the street picked up victims and de-
COVed them away. to be first robbed ana
then beaten. Gould was one of the first
TO feel the effect Of the reform. The
excise board refused him Il license, but
he kept on selling liquor, and waiter
after waiter WAS lugged oil to the sta
ton to be fined so i'll the morning.
Gould always paid the fines. but his in
fuence was strong enough to keep him
out of the hand of the police. In
February last the public clamor
against the Sans SOuci became so
great that the grand jury took cog
nizance of it and indicted Gould five
times for violating the excise law by
selling without Il license, and twice Tor
violating the amusement law by giving
concerts without Il theatrical license.
OF course he could not get Il license be-
cause of the evil repute of the place,
although he denied he was anything
but manager for another man. BY pleas
of sickness Gould
EvADED TRIAL.
until Recorder Smythe put his foot
down and ordered the eases called Feb.
Is. Tom Immediately skipped to Jer-
Sey. but was found the same night by In
spector Byrnes, who followed two of
Gould'S henehmen who were carrying
to him news that his bail had been for
feited and bench warrant was out. A
clever manipulation of Jersey justice
followed. Gould refused to leave
the state without eXtradition papers
and the inspector was forced to leave
him in the hands of the local police.
As soon as his back was turned Gould's
messengers went flying all over Jersey
for lawyers and judges. Recorder Ne
Donough refused to do anything. A
facile police justice released him on
$500 bail. his counsel refusing to accept
his custody. Three days later he APP
peared in Hamilton. Ont. There he re-
manned fugitive from justice until
weary of isolation, and his malady made
worse by the climate he returned 10
New York to meet his fate. He pleaded
guilty to four indictments and was fined
$500 on two, sentences being suspended
on two others. Friends paid the fine
and he went out a free man. But the law
was not through with him yet. Before
being indicted he had been enjoined
not to give theatrical performances
without license, but relying on his
''pull," paid no attention. y fine and
sentence of thirty days imprisonment
were imposed and he went to jail. On
the way he was seized with hemor-
rhage and a week later was threatened
with death. He was released to save
his life. Gould was made a mason by
Prudence lodge about a year ago, to the
great scandal of the order, and the row
that ensued has just ended by the revo-
cation Of the lodge charter and the ex-
cluSiOn of the members who put him
through Barring these things Gould
has good reputation. He has been a
candidate for congress, takes good care
of family of his own and the orphans
of his two brothers. Such is st. Pauls
new citizen.